Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:29:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: John Smith <ludwicza@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: colors really dark Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110230118430.66684-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011023023948.A74369@moo.holy.cow>
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, parv wrote: > > I've used Linux for a few years, > > and I know how vim looks between every Linux system by default with syntax > > highlighting on, it's just it very dark in FreeBSD's console. I installed > > gnuls and found it to be a much better alternative to FreeBSD's ls, since it > > does sorting by extension, and the colors are much brighter, and easier to > > see. > > well, as far as ls(1) & gnuls(1) are concerned, they just use different > "fonts" & colors. for ls, all the colored listing are in normal font, > i.e. not bold. whereas, gnuls uses bold fonts, which happens to be > in "bright"er version of the same color than normal font. > > for directories, both ls & gnuls use blue, which is very unreadable > on dark background. however, gnuls also uses bolder font, which helps > a little. > > and for executable files and symlinks, gnuls uses bold font and > bright(green,cyan), while ls uses red and magenta, respectively. color > choices for ls, in this case, are not easily readable on dark > background, understandably. > > you may be able to change to color definitions. to get some idea, see > vidcontrol(1) and xterm(1) in addition. > Here's an LSCOLORS env var that looks pretty good on a black background: LSCOLORS=2x5x0x4x6x464301060203 export LSCOLORS You can change the default listing of regular files and the prompt with vidcontrol, e.g., vidcontrol yellow black Guess that doesn't help with vim, though. :syntax on turns it on, but it is truly lurid. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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